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DATE TIME EVENT VENUE JANUARY Dec - Feb Various times EXHIBITION Faces of Theatre... THEATRE COLLECTION Dec - Feb Various times EXHIBITION The Secret Life of Objects THEATRE COLLECTION Throughout Various times SPORT Pilates classes CENTRE FOR SPORT, January EXERCISE & HEALTH Wed 8 12.15pm & TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 12.30pm BUILDING Sat 11 10.30am, TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 11am, BUILDING 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm Tue 14 11am MARKET Farmers’ market TYNDALL AVENUE Wed 15 1.15pm MUSIC Rupert Marshall-Luck: violin and VICTORIA ROOMS Matthew Rickard: piano Sat 18 10am COURSE Calligraphy BOTANIC GARDEN Sun 19 10am DAY COURSE A snapshot of winter BOTANIC GARDEN Wed 22 12.45pm TALK Food addiction... SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE Wed 22 1.15pm MUSIC English Piano Trio VICTORIA ROOMS Wed 22 1.30pm COURSE The monthly read: Hidden truths... 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD Wed 22 6pm COURSE Mastering English Literature 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD Wed 22 6pm COURSE Reading English Literature 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD Thu 23 7.30pm LECTURE ...Macaronesian flora SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Tue 28 10.30am COURSE Literature for Life: Lost and found 2 BATH ROYAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION Tue 28 1pm FILM EVENT NEW ...findings of the Learning WATERSHED CINEMA Disabilities Confidential Inquiry Tue 28 4.30pm RESEARCH NEW Where is the Holocaust... VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR Tue 28 7pm COURSE Growing organic vegetables BOTANIC GARDEN Wed 29 1.15pm MUSIC NEW Gemini VICTORIA ROOMS Fri 31 1.15pm MUSIC NEW Emma Kirkby VICTORIA ROOMS

Cover image (clockwise from left) Andy Winfield, Rag Week (), Pretty Ugly Promo AT A GLANCE - FEBRUARY

DATE TIME EVENT VENUE FEBRUARY Sat 1 10.30am, TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 11am, BUILDING 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm Sat 1 10.30am PUBLIC EVENT Digimakers AT-BRISTOL Sun 2 10am TOUR Garden tour with Curator, BOTANIC GARDEN Nicholas Wray Tue 4 4.30pm RESEARCH NEW The art of curating… VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR Wed 5 12.15pm & TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 12.30pm BUILDING Wed 5 1.15pm MUSIC NEW Chamber Choir VICTORIA ROOMS

Wed 5 5.30pm LECTURE Smashing images: an English 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD Reformation theme Wed 5 6pm INAUGURAL Brownian motion and WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE “Brownian motion” BUILDING Wed 5 7.30pm DRAMA Pretty Ugly THE WICKHAM THEATRE Wed 5 Feb - Various EXHIBITION NEW Actors and Artifice ROYAL WEST OF Sun 23 Mar ENGLAND ACADEMY Thu 6 6pm INAUGURAL How cells move and interact with E29, MEDICAL SCIENCES LECTURE their neighbours BUILDING Fri 7 1.15pm MUSIC NEW Bristol University Jazz Orchestra VICTORIA ROOMS Sat 8 7.30pm MUSIC NEW University Chamber and VICTORIA ROOMS Symphony Orchestras Mon 10 5pm LECTURE NEW Labour Migration… WILLS MEMORIAL BUILDING Tue 11 11am MARKET Farmers’ market TYNDALL AVENUE Tue 11 4.30pm RESEARCH NEW Headlong VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR Tue 11 6pm INAUGURAL L-functions: arithmetic... WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE BUILDING Wed 12 1.15pm MUSIC NEW Chamber concert VICTORIA ROOMS

Wed 12 6pm INAUGURAL Autism and weapons of mass WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE destruction... BUILDING Wed 12 6pm ANNE SPENCER ...five poets explore faith 3/5 WOODLAND ROAD MEMORIAL and spirituality LECTURE DATE TIME EVENT VENUE FEBRUARY Wed 12 7.30pm DRAMA NEW Captain Morgan and the WICKHAM THEATRE sands of time Thu 13 6pm INAUGURAL Who cares if you listen? WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE BUILDING Sat 15 11am PUBLIC EVENT RAG Procession and fair COLLEGE GREEN Tue 18 4.30pm RESEARCH NEW Michael Ellison… VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR Tue 18 6.30pm LECTURE NEW Should genes be public? Wed 19 1.15pm MUSIC NEW Brodowski String Quartet VICTORIA ROOMS

Wed 19 7pm DRAMA Queen of Hearts THE WICKHAM THEATRE Thu 20 6pm INAUGURAL Chaos and order in arithmetic problems WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE BUILDING Thu 20 7.30pm LECTURE Green roofs, rain gardens... SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Fri 21 1.15pm MUSIC NEW Bristol New Music 2014 VICTORIA ROOMS Sat 22 1pm MUSIC NEW Quatuor Bozzini ST GEORGE’S, BS1 5RR Sun 23 12pm MUSIC NEW Quatuor Bozzini and Univeristy VICTORIA ROOMS New Music Ensemble Mon 24 6pm LECTURE NEW Laws of motion in a 17 WOODLAND ROAD cartoon landscape Tue 25 2pm LECTURE NEW Powerful Knowledge, 35 BERKELEY SQUARE Cities and Universities Tue 25 4.30pm RESEARCH NEW The supremacist’s toolbox... VICTORIA ROOMS SEMINAR Tue 25 6pm INAUGURAL From the land to the rivers WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE to the sea… BUILDING Wed 26 1.15pm MUSIC NEW University Singers VICTORIA ROOMS Wed 26 6pm PUBLIC From atom to aircraft NSQI BUILDING LECTURE Wed 26 7.30pm MUSIC NEW Contemporary Music Venture VICTORIA ROOMS concert 1 Thu 27 6pm INAUGURAL The landscapes of Italian colonialism WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE BUILDING Fri 28 1.15pm MUSIC NEW Hornstars VICTORIA ROOMS PUBLIC EVENTS

December 2013 - February 2014 EXHIBITION Faces of Theatre: portrait photographs The Faces of Theatre exhibition showcases a selection of Angus McBean’s finest portrait photographs. Times The exhibition is open Mondays: 12pm - 4pm; Tuesdays - Fridays: 10am - 4pm, and will run until February 2014. Venue University of Bristol Theatre Collection, 21 Park Row, BS1 5LT Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/theatrecollection/events.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5086

December 2013 - February 2014 EXHIBITION The Secret Life of Objects Explore some of the hidden histories of the Theatre Collection’s most interesting items in our exhibition, The Secret Life of Objects. Through examining the ‘life stories’ of objects we will look at their changing significance through place, time and the people who owned them. Exhibition Opening Hours Monday: 12pm - 4pm; Tuesday - Friday: 10am - 4pm Venue University of Bristol Theatre Collection, 21 Park Row, BS1 5LT Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/theatrecollection E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5086 January 2014 SPORT Pilates classes Start the New Year positively with Pilates. New classes, beginners to advanced. Highly qualified instructors. Times From week beginning 13 January, various times in the day and evening Venue Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TP Admission Prices available on booking, booking required in advance. For further information and to book E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8810 W www.bristol.ac.uk/sport/sportsmedicine/pilates

Wed 8 and Sat 11 January TOURS Wills Memorial tower tours Times Wednesday: 12.15pm & 12.30pm; Saturday: 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm; Venue Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission £4 (concessions £3); free to children aged 8-11 (no under 8’s). Advance booking recommended. To book, ask inside the Wills Memorial Building for the head porter or contact the email below. E [email protected] T +44 (0)777 026 5108 Supporting Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal - The Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity

Tue 14 January 11am - 3pm MARKET Farmers’ market Venue Outside the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TP Wed 22 January 12.45pm - 1.45pm TALK Food addiction - a helpful or unhelpful explanation of overeating? As a theory of overeating and obesity, food addiction has various shortcomings, in particular in a failure to determine clearly what characteristics of food and the eating environment underlie addiction risk. Professor Rogers will explore this complex area; a full description of the talk can be found at the web address listed under further information. Speaker Professor Peter Rogers, School of Experimental Psychology Venue School of Social and Community Medicine, Canynge Hall (room LG08), 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/seminars/2014/97.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4005

Wed 22 January - Wed 19 March 1.30pm - 4pm COURSE The monthly read: Hidden truths, three novels from the 1970s An ideal format for readers who can spare one afternoon each month. We will explore three works published in the 1970s: E.M Forster, Maurice; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Heat and Dust; Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont. Students should read the first novel prior to the first class. Meets monthly. Speaker Sally Coniam, Department of English Venue Department of English, 3/5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Course fee £95, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/english/part-time/shorts.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8924 Wed 22 January - Wed 11 June 6pm - 8pm COURSE Mastering English Literature This course aims to help students with a first degree (in any discipline) to progress to an MA in English. There will be opportunities to read a wide range of texts, to sharpen your study skills, and to gain a taste of Bristol’s expertise in Shakespeare, Romantic and Victorian literature, and modern and contemporary poetry. Speaker Dr Stephen Derry, Department of English Venue Department of English, 3/5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Course fee £550, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/english/part-time/shorts.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8924

Wed 22 January - Wed 28 May 6pm - 9pm COURSE Reading English Literature Reading English Literature (REL) is a short course designed to help students of all ages (over 18) progress to a part-time degree or other further study. You do not need to have any previous qualifications to apply. The most important thing is to explain in your personal statement (on the application form) why you would like to study on the course. Speaker Amy Laurent, Department of English Venue Department of English, 3/5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Course fee £350, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/english/part-time/shorts.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8924 Tue 28 January - Tue 8 April 10.30am - 12.15pm COURSE Literature for Life: Lost and found 2 Quests can take many different forms. How far do we need to travel to find ourselves? We shall discuss how three novelists and one playwright explore this theme: E.M. Forster in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905); Kate Chopin in The Awakening (1899); Hermann Hesse in Siddhartha (1922); Tom Stoppard in Arcadia (1993). Meets weekly. Speaker Barbara Grodecka Lewis, Department of English Venue Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16/18 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN Admission Course fee £110, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/english/part-time/shorts.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8924

Tue 28 January 1pm - 2pm EVENT Film of the findings of the Learning Disabilities Confidential Inquiry The Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities was conducted by a research team from the University of Bristol. You are invited to view a film of the findings of the Confidential Inquiry, as told through the stories of four people with learning disabilities who died. The film will be followed by a discussion with the research team and the Misfits Theatre Group. Speakers Pauline Heslop and Anna Marriott, Norah Fry Research Centre; Members of the Misfits Theatre Company; Ann Pugh, Redweather Productions Venue Watershed Cinema, 1 Canon’s Road, BS1 5TX Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W http://ow.ly/sBnTI E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 0980 Sat 1 and Wed 5 February TOURS Wills Memorial tower tours Times Saturday: 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm; Wednesday: 12.15pm & 12.30pm Venue Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission £4 (concessions £3); free to children aged 8-11 (no under 8’s). Advance booking recommended. To book, ask inside the Wills Memorial Building for the head porter or contact the email below E [email protected] T +44 (0)777 026 5108 Supporting Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal - The Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity

Sat 1 February 10.30am - 4.30pm PUBLIC EVENT Digimakers A series of community technology events aimed at children, parents and teachers. These events aim to inspire the next generation of technical innovators and engineers by providing an introduction to ‘making’ in the digital word. From programming software to hacking hardware, we want to show you more ways to have fun with technology. The day consists of a series of hands-on-workshops, a show-and-tell section, and a drop-in centre for Raspberry Pi users. Venue At-Bristol, Anchor Road, BS1 5DB Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.digimakers.eventbrite.com E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5193

Wed 5 February 5.30pm - 6.30pm LECTURE Smashing images: an English Reformation theme Professor MacCulloch’s BBC television series about the history of Christianity and the nature of English society, along with prize winning biographies and regular contributions to national newspapers about current religious controversies, have brought his work to a vast audience. This lecture will focus on the destruction of images during his favourite time period, the Tudor Reformation. Speaker Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, University of Oxford Venue Arts Lecture Theatre 3, 3/5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/9206690459/eorg E [email protected]

Wed 5 February 6pm - 7pm INAUGURAL LECTURE Brownian motion and “Brownian motion” Brownian motion is the irregular displacement of a particle driven by collisions with molecules in permanent thermal agitation. Its idealised mathematical model is a random process with continuous path and stationary and independent increments. A dynamical theory should derive the idealised mathematical description from microscopic principles, as macroscopic scaling limit. Speaker Professor Balint Toth, School of Mathematics Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Wed 5 February 7.30pm - 9pm DRAMA Pretty Ugly This show is about you rating me based solely on my looks... It is also about a recent worldwide trend of teenage girls posting videos on YouTube asking viewers to rate their looks. Pretty Ugly follows my trail of research into how Generation YouTube uses the ever widening field of social networking to reach others. There is a live YouTube experiment, a tender and inappropriate love story, and some of my childhood toys. It is about our obsessions, and pretensions, and teenage girls - but don’t let that put you off. It is about you and me and the internet. This performance is part of Full Circle, a celebration of work by alumni of the Drama Department, taking place throughout February at the Wickham Theatre. Performer Louise Orwin Venue The Wickham Theatre, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1UP Admission £9 (concessions £5), booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bris.ac.uk/drama/theatre/prog.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5088 Wed 5 February - Sun 23 March EXHIBITION Actors and Artifice Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm; Sunday: 11am - 5pm Actors and Artifice delves into the internationally renowned holdings of the University of Bristol Theatre Collection to present an intimate exhibition of theatrical portraits in partnership with the RWA. Venue Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, BS8 1PX Admission £4.50 (concessions £3.10); free to under 16s, SGS, UWE and University of Bristol students. Tickets available on the door. For further information contact W www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2014/02/actors-and-artifice/ E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5086

Thu 6 February 6pm - 7pm INAUGURAL LECTURE How cells move and interact with their neighbours Cell migration is fundamental for building tissues in the body during embryogenesis and for healing damaged tissues after injury. But these migrations can be bad as well as good. During cancer progression, inappropriate cell migrations lead to cancer spread. The lecture will provide an overview of how molecular conversations between cells affect their migratory behaviour with a particular focus on how cancer cells spread and metastasise and how a basic understanding of these mechanisms might lead towards clinical benefit. Speaker Professor Kate Nobes, School of Biochemistry and School of Physiology and Pharmacology Venue E29, Medical Sciences Building, University Walk, BS8 1TD Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515 Mon 10 February 5pm LECTURE Labour Migration in the European Union: The Inconvenient Truth In November 2013 the EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, László Andor, caused a furore when he criticised the British Government’s plans to restrict migration from elsewhere in the EU. In his lecture he will resume his debate with the Government over the value of labour migration for Britain and the EU. Speaker László Andor, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.labour-migration-in-eu.eventbrite.co.uk E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 7588

Tue 11 February 11am - 3pm MARKET Farmers’ market Venue Outside the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TP

László Andor Tue 11 February 6pm - 7pm INAUGURAL LECTURE L-functions: arithmetic of the 21st century Much of the modern number theory focusses on the so-called L-functions and their properties, a subject that had explosive growth in the past few decades. One of the biggest problems in the area is the conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer, one of the 6 (formerly 7) million dollar Clay problems in mathematics. Professor Dokchitser will give a general overview of what the conjecture is about, and where his work comes in. Speaker Professor Tim Dokchitser, School of Mathematics Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Wed 12 February 6pm - 7pm INAUGURAL LECTURE Autism and weapons of mass destruction: how misinformation affects our society and what we can do about it The widespread prevalence and persistence of misinformation in contemporary societies, such as the false belief that there is a link between childhood vaccinations and autism, is a matter of public concern. Professor Lewandowsky will examine the mechanisms by which such misinformation is disseminated in society, both inadvertently and purposely. Speaker Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, School of Experimental Psychology Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515 Wed 12 February 6pm - 7.30pm ANNE SPENCER MEMORIAL LECTURE Making Nothing Happen: five poets explore faith and spirituality This year’s Multifaith Chaplaincy annual lecture explores the links between poetry and spirituality, marking the publication of a new book entitled Making Nothing Happen - a conversation between five poet-theologians broadly within the Christian tradition. The evening will consist of poetry reading accompanied by the authors’ reflections, and will be of interest to all who read poetry; particularly those interested in the connections between literature and faith. Speakers Gavin D’Costa (University of Bristol), Eleanor Nesbitt (University of Warwick), Mark Pryce (Diocese of Birmingham), Ruth Shelton (Emmanuel House, Nottingham), Nicola Slee (Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham) Venue Lecture Theatre 3, Arts Complex, 3/5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.annespencer.eventbrite.com E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 954 6600

Wed 12 February 7.30pm - 9pm DRAMA Captain Morgan and the Sands of Time 2 actors. 1 musician. 44 characters. Captain Morgan and First Mate Hammond quest for the secrets of time-travel in a rip-roaring adventure comedy with monsters, sword fights and shivered timbers, following smash-hit runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Arcola Theatre and the New Diorama Theatre. This performance is part of Full Circle, a celebration of work by alumni of the Drama Department, taking place throughout February at the Wickham Theatre. Speaker Taptap Theatre Venue The Wickham Theatre, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1UP Admission £9 (concessions £5) booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.shop.bris.ac.uk E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5088 Thu 13 February 6pm - 7pm INAUGURAL LECTURE Who cares if you listen? Silence, stillness and reverential listening: these are the defining characteristics of a well-behaved audience for western art music the world over. They are relatively recent. In this lecture, nineteenth-century Paris offers a sometimes rowdy laboratory in which to examine where, why and how a new ‘gold standard’ of attentiveness met its match. Speaker Professor Katharine Ellis, Department of Music Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Sat 15 February 11am - 4pm PUBLIC EVENT RAG Procession and fair The RAG Procession, now in its 89th year, sees students from the fundraising arm of the University of Bristol Students’ Union parade through the streets of Bristol as part of Raising and Giving (RAG) Week. Costumed performers and vehicles will march from the Downs to College Green, where the celebrations will continue with food, drink and entertainment. Join in and help raise money for charity! Venue Procession starts on the Downs and will finish on College Green. The fair will take place on College Green. Admission Free, no booking required. For further information E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8684 Tue 18 February 6.30pm - 8.30pm PUBLIC LECTURE Should genes be public? A public lecture and panel discussion focussing on recent large-scale initiatives to sequence the DNA of 100,000 individuals. Speakers Professor Sir John Burn (Genomics England), Professor Stephan Beck (Personal Genomes Project) and Professor Sir Rory Collins (UK Biobank) Venue M Shed, Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, BS1 4RN Admission Free, but booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.public-genes.eventbrite.co.uk T +44 (0)117 331 0098

Wed 19 February 7pm - 9pm DRAMA Queen of Hearts Geoff and Elaine are a couple obsessed with Princess Diana. When a documentary crew arrive, things get out of hand as the couple are pushed further and further to act up on camera. As the lines between reality and fantasy blur, their lives begin to unravel with disastrous consequences. The Queen of Hearts is a darkly comic play written and directed by Matthew Radway, a recent graduate of the Drama Department. The cast includes Harriet Layhe, another graduate of the Department. She was recently seen in Channel 4’s Blackout. This performance is part of Full Circle, a celebration of work by alumni of the Drama Department, taking place throughout February at the Wickham Theatre. Performers Matt Radway, Harriet Layhe Venue The Wickham Theatre, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1UP Admission £9 (concessions £5), booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bris.ac.uk/drama/theatre/prog.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5088

Thu 20 February 6pm - 7pm INAUGURAL LECTURE Chaos and order in arithmetic problems This lecture will address the structure of solutions of polynomial equations and inequalities. Even very simple equations are difficult to solve explicitly, and the sets of solutions exhibit complicated geometric patterns. We will discuss how these sets look asymptotically. It turns out that in many cases this problem is closely related to asymptotic distribution of orbits for certain chaotic dynamical systems. While orbits in these systems behave quite erratically, it is possible to give a precise description of their statistical distribution as time goes to infinity. Speaker Professor Alexander Gorodnik, School of Mathematics Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Mon 24 February 6pm - 7pm LECTURE Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape Artist Andy Holden uses the laws of physics as they appear in cartoons to help us devise a way of understanding the landscape after the end of art history, “a landscape where it seems that anything might be possible, but not everything is”. Andy Holden has been appointed to work at the University’s Stoke Bishop site. His work incorporates a wide variety of media and forms of presentation from plaster, bronze and ceramic objects to music, performance and large outdoor sculpture. His exhibition MI! MS (Maximum Irony! Maximum Sincerity), will be opening at Spike Island in May 2014. Speaker Andy Holden Venue Lecture Theatre 3 (LT3), 17 Woodland Road (main entrance at 3-5 Woodland Road), BS8 1TB Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information contact Theresa Bergne W www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/laws-of-motion-in-a-cartoon-landscape-tickets-10058999739 E [email protected] T +44 (0)791 220 8791

Andy Holden, Law of Motion Tue 25 February 2pm - 3.30pm LECTURE Powerful Knowledge, Cities and Universities Professor Tim May and Dr Beth Parry will discuss their work in the UK and internationally on the relationship between Universities, cities and powerful knowledge. Their talk will be of interest to anyone interested in the Future Cities agenda, and in the role that Universities might play in this area. Among other things, Tim is the series editor of ‘Issues in Society’ (OU/Palgrave) and is seconded to the Mistra Urban Futures Centre, based in Gothenburg. Beth is Associate Director of the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures and Co-I on the AHRC Connected Communities Cultural Intermediaries Project. Speaker Professor Tim May and Dr Beth Perry, University of Salford Venue Room 120/1, Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA Admission Free, no booking required. For further information E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4323

Tue 25 February 6pm - 7pm INAUGURAL LECTURE From the land to the rivers to the sea: how biogeochemical cycles have regulated the global climate system throughout Earth history Elevated greenhouse gas concentrations cause the Earth to warm, which brings about a complex cascade of biological, environmental and climatic consequences. Using the molecular remains of plants and microorganisms in rocks (molecular fossils), we document these interactions through Earth history. This provides a deeper understanding of the Earth system, allowing us to assess the environmental risks and uncertainty arising from human activity. Speaker Professor Richard Pancost, School of Chemistry Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515 Wed 26 February 6pm - 7.30pm PUBLIC LECTURE From atom to aircraft Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 have made air travel not only more comfortable, but also more affordable and greener. Much of this is attributed to the latest development of advanced materials that result in lighter and stronger aircraft components. Have you ever wondered how carbon atoms have been persuaded to arrange themselves in the form of graphene and fibres for the production of such aircraft components? Speaker Professor Hua-Xin Peng, Department of Aerospace Engineering Venue G.05, Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information (NSQI), Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1FD Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-atom-to-aircraft-tickets-9064780001 E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 394 0005

Thu 27 February 6pm - 7pm INAUGURAL LECTURE The landscapes of Italian colonialism Relatively little has been written about Italian colonialism, yet it was the ambition of Benito Mussolini’s Fascist regime to build a vast empire in Africa and across the Mediterranean. This lecture will look at how the attempt to build a new imperial reality was represented at the time and at the question of what the study of this chapter in Italy’s history and culture reveals about Italy’s identity in the modern world. Speaker Professor Charles Burdett, Department of Italian Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515 MUSIC

Wed 15 January 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Rupert Marshall-Luck: violin and Matthew Rickard: piano Béla Bartók: Sonata No.2 Sz.76; Erno Dohnányi: Sonata in C-sharp minor Op.21

Wed 22 January 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC English Piano Trio A Western Connection. Ivor Gurney: A London Meditation (first performance); Benjamin Britten: Introduction and Allegro (second performance); Marion Scott: Suite of Dances (first performance); Gurney: Piano Trio in C sharp minor (first performance).

Tue 28 January 4.30pm - 6pm RESEARCH SEMINAR Where is the Holocaust in All of This? György Ligeti and the Dialectics of Life and Work Speaker Florian Scheding, School of Arts

Wed 29 January 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Gemini For its annual visit Gemini this year brings programmatic works for clarinet, violin and piano, Penderecki’s Cadenza, Debussey’s, La sérénade interrompue and Joan Tower’s Rain Waves. Performers Ian Mitchell (clarinet), Caroline Balding (violin), Aleksander Szram (piano) Fri 31 January 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Emma Kirkby Emma Kirkby and Jakob Linberg present Orpheus in England. The programme celebrates the English Air of the early 17th century with the master of melancholy, John Dowland and England’s most notable restoration composer, Henry Purcell. Performers Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo lute)

Tue 4 February 4.30pm - 6pm RESEARCH SEMINAR The Art of Curating Contemporary Music or How Do I Get My Music Played At Your Festival? Speaker Graham McKenzie, University of Huddersfield

Wed 5 February 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Chamber Choir and Madrigal Ensemble The Chamber Choir will perform Bairstow’s Let all mortal flesh keep silence and Duruflé’s Quatre motets. The Madrigal Ensemble’s programme includes madrigals, partsongs and motets, featuring selections from Poulenc’s stunning Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel.

Fri 7 February 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Bristol University Jazz Orchestra A large, unauditioned big band, have been spreading their huge signature sound around Bristol since 2007. Expect a wide range of music including tunes from Gordon Goodwin and Stevie Wonder.

Sat 8 February 7.30pm - 9.30pm MUSIC University Chamber and Symphony Orchestras Bruch: Concerto for viola and clarinet, op.88; Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E major Admission tickets £15 balcony (£10 concessions), £10 stalls (£7 concessions); to book W www.shop.bris.ac.uk Tue 11 February 4.30pm - 6pm RESEARCH SEMINAR Headlong: Force dynamics in the music of Queen. Speaker Ruth Dockwray, Southampton Solent University

Wed 12 February 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Chamber Concert Chamber concert performed by Department of Music students.

Tue 18 February 4.30pm - 6pm RESEARCH SEMINAR Michael Ellison and guests discuss Bristol New Music 2014 festival Speaker Michael Ellison, Department of Music

Wed 19 February 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Brodowski String Quartet Piazolla: Four for Tango; Schubert: Quartet in A minor D.804 Rosamunde Performers The Brodowski Quartet is our quartet-in-residence, thanks to the generous support of The Carr-Gregory

Fri 21 February 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Bristol New Music 2014 Bristol New Music 2014 is a consortium of six key organisations dedicated to bringing the very best international artistes to the city, while working to create opportunities for emerging regional talent. A piece by Elliott Sharp for solo bass clarinet. Followed at 2.15pm by a workshop on improvisation and contemporary performance practice with Gareth Davis. Performer Gareth Davis (bass clarinet) Sat 22 February 1pm - 2pm MUSIC Quatuor Bozzini The Canadian string quartet perform at St George’s Bristol as part of their Festival residency at the University of Bristol. Venue St George’s, Great George Street, BS1 5RR

Sun 23 February 12pm MUSIC Quatuor Bozzini and University New Music Ensemble Hans Werner Henze: Sonata for 6 Players (1984), Nico Muhly: By All Means (2004), Benedict Todd: Out of the Machine (winner of the NME 2013-14 composer competition).

Tue 25 February 4.30pm - 6pm RESEARCH SEMINAR The Supremacist’s Toolbox, Existential Angst, and Current Approaches to Teaching Music Theory Speaker Nicholas Baragwanath, University of Nottingham

Wed 26 February 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC University Singers Frank Martin: Mass for double choir, Thomas Tallis: Lamentations

Wed 26 February 7.30pm - 9pm MUSIC Contemporary Music Venture Concert 1: Saxophone Will Gregory: Interference (soprano saxophone and electronics), Amy Quate: Light of Sothis (alto saxophone and piano), Tony Davis: Rhapsody (alto saxophone and electronics), Katherine Williams will perform five new pieces composed specifically for this concert by postgraduate composers from the music department alongside core repertoire. Performers Katherine Williams (saxophone), Georgie Ward (piano) Fri 28 February 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC Hornstars Bristol’s premiere big band, who are always in demand, play everything from traditional jazz to pop with incredible energy and impeccable musicality.

At the time of going to print not all Music events had been confirmed for January and February. For the full programme please see W www.bristol.ac.uk/music/events Venue Victoria Rooms, Queen’s Road, BS8 1SA unless otherwise stated Admission Free, no booking required unless otherwise stated. Some lunchtime concerts take place in the Recital Room of the Victoria Rooms with limited seating. For further information and to book (for bookable events) contact Concerts and Music Resources Office W www.bristol.ac.uk/music/events E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4044

THE BOTANIC GARDEN

Sat 18 January - Sat 15 February 10am - 12pm COURSE Calligraphy Roma Widger is an artist and teacher who specialises in drawing, painting, illustration, printmaking, textiles, paper technology and calligraphy. Here she will teach a six week course where you will learn about lettering, practise round hand and italic scripts. Course includes demonstration, individual tuition and group project. Advice on materials available on request. Tutor Roma Widger Admission Course fee £50, booking required in advance. W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden/events Sun 19 January 10am - 3pm DAY COURSE A snapshot of winter Use watercolours to create a snapshot of the beauty of winter with Annie Morris. A day school with Annie Morris using watercolours to create a snapshot of the beauty to be found in the garden in the middle of winter. The course is suitable for students of all abilities and the tutor will provide individual tuition and demonstrations. Work will be based in the garden, glasshouses and study room depending on the weather. Please bring your own paints and brushes, guidance on what to buy is available on request. Paper provided. Tutor Annie Morris Admission Course fee £25, booking required in advance. W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden/events

Thu 23 January 7.30pm - 9pm LECTURE The origin and evolution of the Macaronesian flora Katy Jones is investigating the diversity patterns and evolution of the genus Pericallis (Asteraceae) across the oceanic archipelagos of Macaronesia, the islands in the North Atlantic off the coast of Europe and Africa, which include the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira. Macaronesia hosts a rich flora, with around 20% of plants endemic to the region, of which 40% are restricted to the Canary Islands. Despite accounting for just 0.3% of the EU territory, Macaronesia hosts 28% of plants on the European protected plant list, therefore the region is a biodiversity hotspot. Katy will present some of the most impressive examples of plant radiations and the characteristics of the unique Macaronesian flora. She will discuss how and why the region could have facilitated the colonisation of plants from the mainland and the subsequent drivers for diversification. Speaker Katy Jones, Natural History Museum Venue Room B75, School of Biological Sciences, Woodland Road, BS8 1UG Admission Free to Friends of the Botanic Garden (on production of membership card).Visitors will be asked for a £5 donation. No booking required. W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden/events Tue 28 January - Tue 25 March 7pm - 9.30pm COURSE Growing organic vegetables Tim Foster is a graduate in horticultural science who has been encouraging organic gardening for over 30 years. His book Good Earth Gardening deals with all garden types showing that everyone can successfully apply organic practices wherever they are. This 8 week evening theory course covers site and soil, planning what to grow, crop rotation, composting, seed sowing, and companion planting to help you produce food organically from propagation to harvest. Tutor Tim Foster Admission Course fee £80, booking required in advance. W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden/events

Sun 2 February 10am - 12pm TOUR Garden tour with Curator, Nicholas Wray Admission Free to Friends of the Botanic Garden, visitors £4.50. Meet outside the Welcome Lodge.

Thu 20 February 7.30pm - 9pm LECTURE Green roofs, rain gardens and water-sensitive design Nigel Dunnett’s work revolves around innovative approaches to planting design, and the integration of ecology and horticulture to achieve low-input, dynamic, diverse, ecologically-tuned designed landscapes, both small and large scale. After his successful involvement in the Olympic park, about which he delighted a packed house in his lecture in November 2012, we look forward to a return visit on this other aspect of his work. Speaker Professor Nigel Dunnett, University of Sheffield. Venue Room B75, School of Biological Sciences, Woodland Road, BS8 1UG Admission Free to Friends of the Botanic Garden (on production of membership card). Visitors will be asked for a £5 donation. No booking required. Further information is available from the Botanic Garden January and February opening hours Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm Admission Adults £3.50; University staff, students and school age children free, unless otherwise stated. Venue University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Stoke Park Road, BS9 1JG unless otherwise stated W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4906

ENGLISH COURSES IN MARCH

Sat 1 March 10.30am - 4pm DAY COURSE Edward Thomas and Robert Frost Edward Thomas and Robert Frost were poets from either side of the Atlantic whose friendship had a profound influence on them both. To celebrate the centenary of their first meeting, this day course will explore the legacy of that friendship in their writing and we shall discuss individual poems by both men (copies to be provided). Speaker Philip Lyons, Department of English Admission Course fee £30, booking required in advance.

Sat 1 March 10.30am - 4pm DAY COURSE Writing about other people’s lives This day will look at practical questions facing fiction and non-fiction writers when they write about others. How do you give a shape to a life? Can we ever really understand another person? Does a life end when a person dies? What can we learn from other people’s lives? Speaker Sarah Bakewell, Department of English Admission Course fee £30, booking required in advance. Sat 29 March 10.30am - 4pm DAY COURSE Writing autobiography, memoir, family history A day for those who enjoy writing and want to explore ways of writing about their own lives. Speaker Sarah LeFanu, Department of English Admission Course fee £30, booking required in advance.

Sat 29 March 10.30am - 4pm DAY COURSE Poetry Day This is a day school in which we combine the study of poetry with writing our own. Speaker Louise Green, Department of English Admission Course fee £30, booking required in advance.

Sat 29 March 10.30am - 4pm DAY COURSE Marilynne Robinson The author of three highly acclaimed novels, published over a span of nearly thirty years, Robinson writes about the struggles of ordinary people with a humane understanding and in beautiful prose. We shall discuss Housekeeping (1980), Gilead (2004) and Home (2008). Speaker Philip Lyons, Department of English Admission Course fee £30, booking required in advance.

Venue Department of English, 3/5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/english/part-time/shorts.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8924

Nick Smith Nick Smith If you require additional support at any of these events, e.g. wheelchair access or sign language interpretation, please contact the organiser of the event at the earliest opportunity. Talk finish times are approximate and are a guide only.

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